Sioux City native designs new Lincoln penny
Posted: Sunday, November 16, 2008
SIOUX CITY -- Sioux City native Richard Masters has designed the reverse or tails side of one of four new pennies that will be circulated next year in recognition of the bicentennial of President Abraham Lincoln's birth and the centennial of the first issuance of the Lincoln cent.
The reverse or tails sides of the new coins will reflect four different designs, each one representing a different aspect or theme of the life of President Lincoln -- his birth and early childhood in Kentucky, his formative years in Indiana, his professional life in Illinois and his presidency.
The obverse or heads side will continue to bear the familiar likeness of President Lincoln currently on the one-cent coin.
Masters' design features the 19th century cabin that sat on the Lincoln family farm and represents Lincoln's birth and early childhood in Kentucky.
The Lincoln family lived on 30 acres of the 228-acre Knob Creek Farm near Hodgenville, Ky., from the time Lincoln was 2 1/2 until he was nearly 8 years old.
Masters is an associate professor of art at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. He is the son of Wayne and Dorothy Masters of Sioux City and a 1973 graduate of East High School. He received his bachelor's degree in studio art, a master's degree and a master of fine arts degree in design, all from the University of Iowa. He now resides in Appleton, Wis.
Masters also designed the Nebraska quarter and a silver dollar commemorating the desegregation of Little Rock (Ark.) Central High School.
The reverse or tails sides of the new coins will reflect four different designs, each one representing a different aspect or theme of the life of President Lincoln -- his birth and early childhood in Kentucky, his formative years in Indiana, his professional life in Illinois and his presidency.
The obverse or heads side will continue to bear the familiar likeness of President Lincoln currently on the one-cent coin.
Masters' design features the 19th century cabin that sat on the Lincoln family farm and represents Lincoln's birth and early childhood in Kentucky.
The Lincoln family lived on 30 acres of the 228-acre Knob Creek Farm near Hodgenville, Ky., from the time Lincoln was 2 1/2 until he was nearly 8 years old.
Masters is an associate professor of art at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. He is the son of Wayne and Dorothy Masters of Sioux City and a 1973 graduate of East High School. He received his bachelor's degree in studio art, a master's degree and a master of fine arts degree in design, all from the University of Iowa. He now resides in Appleton, Wis.
Masters also designed the Nebraska quarter and a silver dollar commemorating the desegregation of Little Rock (Ark.) Central High School.
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